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Dallas Invents: 125 Patents Granted for Week of Feb. 5

by | Feb 13, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: • Medhab's fall detection system • Qantu Therapeutics' vaccine formula to prevent and treat neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's • Sirius XM's vehicle telematics • Skycam's method of classifying and transmitting data from an event • Tango Network's control of mobile device calls, text messages and data usage while operating a motor vehicle • UT and UNTHSC's iron garnet nanoparticles for cancer radiotherapy and chemotherapy
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Dallas Invents: 125 Patents Granted for Week of Jan. 29
by | Feb 6, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 13 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: • Sensogram Technologies’ finger tip scanner • Phazr’s 5G radio system • Rain Bird’s volumetric budget-based irrigation control • Samsung’s video editing using contextual data and content discovery using clusters • V-Moda’s method of identifying authentic vs. counterfeit products
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Dallas Invents: 108 Patents Granted for Week of Jan. 22
by | Jan 30, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: • Textron Innovations' apparatus for reconfiguring flight control of an aircraft during a failure while the aircraft is flying • USAA's display screen with a financial workbench graphic user interface • Verizon's device for increased bandwidth • TI's feedforward cancellation of power supply noise • Monument Peak Ventures' system for locating nearby picture hotspots
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Intuit’s James Helms Announced as Designer-In-Residence at SMU
by | Jan 29, 2019
The SMU Master of Arts in Design and Innovation program is welcoming Helms, Intuit's VP of design, as its new mentor for the spring semester.
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Dallas Invents: 68 Patents Granted for Week of Jan. 15

by | Jan 23, 2019
Patents were granted for Vital Art and Science's vision measurement and training system; Frito-Lay's micropellets of fine particle nutrients in snack food; Fit Toned's integrated exercise device; and Addepar's methods for depicting psychological analysis.
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An illustration from ROKA Sports' Patent No. D837871 shows a new design for sport eyeglasses. [Source image: USPTO]
Dallas Invents: 131 Patents Granted for Week of Jan. 8
by | Jan 14, 2019
Patents were granted for ROKA Sports’ new design for sport eyeglasses; Capital One’s methods for tracking objects; Drexel University’s method of predicting seizures; Sierra Smart Systems’s electric vehicle fleet charging system; Securus’ detection for a call anomaly using biometric identification; SMU’s method of treating a subject that is resistant to one or more drugs; and Uber’s design for a firearm grip.
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Dallas Invents: 99 Patents Granted for Week of Jan. 1
by | Jan 9, 2019
Patents were granted for Lockheed's behavioral authentication of USB devices; IBM’s notifications issued about lost devices; Toyota's impairment evaluation system; Cinsay’s containerized software for virally copying from one endpoint to another; and FedEx’s system, device, and method for inspecting the cosmetic features of electronic devices.
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R&D: UTSW Works on Alzheimer’s Prevention Drug; UTA prof tackles pipeline leaks
by | Jan 4, 2019
You'll also find out about an SMU physicist who's been named a fellow in a prestigious science group in the roundup of research and development activity in North Texas.
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Dallas Invents: 118 Patents Granted for Week of Dec. 25

by | Jan 2, 2019
Patents were granted for Conduent’s apparatus for customized handwriting zones; Robin Technologies’ automated secure door for a robotic mower; Futurewei Technologies’ path selection for autonomous vehicles; Lennox Industries’ reflective UV light shield for HVAC units; Toyota’s methods for making an object appear transparent; and Varidesk’s electrically lifted computer and office desk.
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Dallas Invents: 92 Patents Granted for Week of Dec. 11
by | Dec 19, 2018
Patents were granted for an unassigned patent for bullet-proof blinds; Conduent's Business Services' systems to automatically create and suggest compatible ride-sharing groups; HD LifeSciences inter-body fusion implant; SecurityProfiling real-time vulnerability profiling; and Vattaca's authentication tags and systems for golf clubs.
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Dallas Invents: 134 Patents Granted for Week of Dec. 4
by | Dec 12, 2018
Patents were granted for Match Group's method for matching using location information, Omnitracs' tire pressure optimization system, Raytheon's methods for sharpening multi-spectral imagery, and Speedgrocer's method for order fulfillment.
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Toyota’s Patent No. 10137567 shows a robot for taking inventory of an area. The patent describes a robot that could provide information to a user on current locations of objects, such as car keys and other belongings. [Illustration: USPTO]
Dallas Invents: 116 Patents Granted for Week of Nov. 27
by | Dec 5, 2018
Patents were granted for Toyota’s inventory robot, 1974 Productions’ method for delivering music content to a smart phone, Capital One’s machine-learning artificial intelligence system for identifying vehicles, Innovative Signal Analysis’ video-enabled inspection using unmanned aerial vehicles, and Securus Technologies’ multi-party conversation analyzer.
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Dallas Invents: 145 Patents Granted for Week of Nov. 20

by | Nov 28, 2018
Patents were granted for Walmart's methods for autonomous drone navigation, Apple's enclosure features for a portable computing device, Capital One's transaction terminals for automated billing, and Dow's spunbound nonwoven fabrics.
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Dallas Invents: 130 Patents Granted for Week of Nov. 6
by | Nov 14, 2018
Patents were granted for USAA's water detection assembly, Texas Instruments' brownout response, Sensogram's wearable respiration rate monitoring system, Varidesk's design patent, and YSEOP's techniques for automatic generation of natural language text.
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Program Puts SMU’s Lyle School on Path to Solve 14 Global Engineering Challenges
by | Nov 7, 2018
SMU is Texas' first private school to utilize the NAE Grand Challenges Scholarship Program, which aims to prevent nuclear terror, make solar energy economical, reverse-engineer the brain, and more.
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Dallas Invents: 137 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 30
by | Nov 7, 2018
Patents were granted for Verizon's techniques for providing content recommendations, Toyota’s mist-generating apparatus, Kodiak Network’s VoIP denial-of-service protection mechanisms, and an unassigned wildfire alert system.
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